This is reminding me why I love the Canada Reads longlist! I love it more than any of the prizes long lists, because it's just so random, but there's often such great titles! I said I wasn't going to read the whole list this year, but... I might. The library has most of them on audio, which doesn't count for my read what you own book diet. So excited to be back in Canada Reads season! You should put a party hat on your logo or something! That's such a great point about Canada Reads being an antidote to January Blahs. It also gets it away from all the end of year Best Of lists in December. Jolene used to do the category system, and I'm not sure it got her better results than anything else. It's always such a crap shoot, lol. I really don't think there's a winning system. The only book I real very sure of is Dandelion, and that's largely because it was on the 2023 long list, and it wouldn't be on this one too unless it was going to be on the short list. If we're going by "library doesn't have it!" metric, which was 2/2 last year, then The Whispers. The only one's I've read are Dandelion (loved it), Pull of the Stars (gorgeous writing, but a bit didactic and gloomy), Two-Spirit Journey (good, will read again). I'd been meaning to read What I Know About You, When the Pine Needles Fall and The Other Valley anyway, so are happy they're on the list. So based on a mix of sleuthing and wishful thinking, let's call my shortlist: Dandelion, The Whispers, What I Know About You, When the Pine Needles Fall and The Other Valley.
@@justineetzkorn9594 I love this whole comment! 🥳 (there’s my party hat 😄) Can’t wait to see if your prediction is the winning one. I agree it’s a crap shoot though. 😂
@@canadareadsamericanstyle I didn't look at Long Lists (though now that this has happened, I think it might be worth doing, and also I had wondered what would happen if a defender picked one of the "filler" books from a previous LL, and I guess this is it!) It's just that the past few years I'd been reading all/most of the LL, so I remembered this one. It was only 2023.
@@justineetzkorn9594 great comment. Yes, I think it’s a crap shoot too. But so fun! There’s been a few books that have made the longlist a twice so you might be on to something with Dandelion being on the shortlist. 😊💙
Loved Pull of the Stars. So great to hear your thoughts on all the books. Here we go… 😊💙
@@BookwormAdventureGirl Looking forward to your thoughts as well!
This is reminding me why I love the Canada Reads longlist! I love it more than any of the prizes long lists, because it's just so random, but there's often such great titles! I said I wasn't going to read the whole list this year, but... I might. The library has most of them on audio, which doesn't count for my read what you own book diet.
So excited to be back in Canada Reads season! You should put a party hat on your logo or something! That's such a great point about Canada Reads being an antidote to January Blahs. It also gets it away from all the end of year Best Of lists in December.
Jolene used to do the category system, and I'm not sure it got her better results than anything else. It's always such a crap shoot, lol. I really don't think there's a winning system.
The only book I real very sure of is Dandelion, and that's largely because it was on the 2023 long list, and it wouldn't be on this one too unless it was going to be on the short list.
If we're going by "library doesn't have it!" metric, which was 2/2 last year, then The Whispers. The only one's I've read are Dandelion (loved it), Pull of the Stars (gorgeous writing, but a bit didactic and gloomy), Two-Spirit Journey (good, will read again). I'd been meaning to read What I Know About You, When the Pine Needles Fall and The Other Valley anyway, so are happy they're on the list.
So based on a mix of sleuthing and wishful thinking, let's call my shortlist: Dandelion, The Whispers, What I Know About You, When the Pine Needles Fall and The Other Valley.
@@justineetzkorn9594 I love this whole comment! 🥳 (there’s my party hat 😄) Can’t wait to see if your prediction is the winning one. I agree it’s a crap shoot though. 😂
@@justineetzkorn9594 Oh yeah, and I agree that Dandelion’s return looks like it will be on the list. Never thought to go back & check past LLs.
@@canadareadsamericanstyle I didn't look at Long Lists (though now that this has happened, I think it might be worth doing, and also I had wondered what would happen if a defender picked one of the "filler" books from a previous LL, and I guess this is it!) It's just that the past few years I'd been reading all/most of the LL, so I remembered this one. It was only 2023.
@@justineetzkorn9594 great comment. Yes, I think it’s a crap shoot too. But so fun! There’s been a few books that have made the longlist a twice so you might be on to something with Dandelion being on the shortlist. 😊💙
@@BookwormAdventureGirl /am eagerly anticipating your video/
I love Jan for long list as well. It gives me something to look forward to.
I have read Dandelion and Pull of the Stars loved both.